Herding on High Grounds: Diversity and Typology of Pastoral Systems in the Eastern Hindukush (Chitral, Northwest Pakistan)

Nüsser, Marcus; Holdschlag, Arnd; Fazlur-Rahman,

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-3846-1_2

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“…Similar to Karakorum mountain region (Kreutzmann, 2006;Nüsser et al, 2012;Uhlig & Kreutzmann, 1995), agriculture in the study area is passing through a state of visible transition and change. The indigenous crops cultivation has lose it importance due to low productivity and alarming population growth.…”

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Food Insecurity in the Western Himalaya: the Changing Pattern of Agro-Pastoral Activities and its Impact on Saif-Ul-Malook National Park, Pakistan

Ahmad¹

2022

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This study explores the impact of poverty, and the changing pattern of agro-pastoral activities on Saif-ul-Malook National Park. For this purpose, data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. However, this study is mainly based on primary data. Primary data were collected from field survery through questionnaire survery, foucs group discussion and interview in August/September, 2018. A total number of 150 households were interviewed as a representative sample through random sampling technique. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive, inferential statistical techniques and cartographic methods. In order to check the econometric problems (i.e. heteroscedasticity and multicollinerity) in the assumption of ordinary least square (OLS) model, different diagnostics tests were employed and result of all the tests show the absence of any econometric problems in the model. The result of multi-regression shows that female-headed households of the study area are the 'poorest of the poor' and are more vulnerable and prone to poverty than men and face more barriers to lifting themselves out of poverty. This study indicates that agricultural transformation and cash crop cultivation have negative impact on poverty and improved food and livelihood security, ultimately improving the living standard of mountain people. Furthermore, it is inferred that the bio-physical environment of the Saif-ul-Malook national park is deteriorating and its sustainability calls for an immediate action to reduce the ever increasing human and livestock pressure on park resources.

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Food Insecurity in the Western Himalaya: the Changing Pattern of Agro-Pastoral Activities and its Impact on Saif-Ul-Malook National Park, Pakistan

Ahmad¹

2022

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“…This seasonal mechanism reduces fodder pressure and avoids crop damage. Further, it demonstrates collective action, institutions for grazing and land use, cooperation, and effective strategies for reducing pressure on household labor resources (Rahman 2007(Rahman , 2009N€ usser et al 2012). Having grazing mechanisms with different demands for labor (individual grazing and free grazing) makes it possible to match demand with periods of greater labor availability in the villages.…”

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“…In addition to global climatic and environmental perturbations, pastoralism and rangeland management in Eastern Hindu Kush is challenged by modernization (Kreutzmann 2012a(Kreutzmann , 2013b, socioeconomic transformations (Kreutzmann 2006;Holdschlag 2011), changing pastoral strategies (Kreutzmann 2009(Kreutzmann , 2013aN€ usser et al 2012), contrasting environmental perceptions, and the religious and socioeconomic significance of livestock (Parkes 1987;Cacopardo and Cacopardo 2001). This study analyzes how mountain pastoralists in Lotkuh Valley (Chitral, Pakistan) use their rangelands in changing social, environmental, and climatic contexts.…”

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Mountain Pastoralism in the Eastern Hindu Kush: The Case of Lotkuh Valley, Pakistan

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“…During the past decades, livestock husbandry systems in Gilgit-Baltistan underwent multiple and changing social-ecological conditions as well as the respective management responses of livestock keepers have been documented in detail (Nüsser et al 2012;Kreutzmann 2015). Especially in regions characterized by a high spatial variability of rangeland primary production and inter-as well as intra-annual variation in climatic and weather conditions, herders seek to optimize the use of rangeland resources by carefully choosing season-specific grazing areas (Roe et al 1998;Ehlers and Kreutzmann 2000;Krätli et al 2013;Kreutzmann 2015;Schlecht et al 2020).…”

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Constraints and prospects of utilising mountain pastures in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

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In the mountain regions of northern Pakistan, pasture-based animal husbandry is a substantial element of people’s livelihood. To study the implications of herding strategies on rangeland utilization patterns, individual interviews with 90 herders and 10 group interviews with five to eight herders per group, respectively, were conducted in three valleys each of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region. Data collection targeted number and species of animals kept, livestock management practices and seasonal pasture use and included GIS-based participatory mapping of spring, summer, autumn and winter pastures of yak, small ruminants and cattle. Households kept 10 yaks on average, along with 4 cattle and 15 small ruminants. Herding practices varied between valleys and seasons and were influenced by topographic as well as social factors. Full-time herding led to a more uniform distribution of yaks on pastures than part-time herding and unattended grazing, but in small ruminants promoted higher animal numbers near campsites. Many livestock keepers perceived rangeland degradation as a veritable challenge and identified lack of herding labour as one important problem. Training programmes for young herders, strengthening of group herding schemes and prevention of lowland pasture conversion into farmland were suggested as effective countermeasures.

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Herding on High Grounds: Diversity and Typology of Pastoral Systems in the Eastern Hindukush (Chitral, Northwest Pakistan)

Cited by 16 publications

References 10 publications

Food Insecurity in the Western Himalaya: the Changing Pattern of Agro-Pastoral Activities and its Impact on Saif-Ul-Malook National Park, Pakistan

Food Insecurity in the Western Himalaya: the Changing Pattern of Agro-Pastoral Activities and its Impact on Saif-Ul-Malook National Park, Pakistan

Mountain Pastoralism in the Eastern Hindu Kush: The Case of Lotkuh Valley, Pakistan

Constraints and prospects of utilising mountain pastures in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

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